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Alright everyone -
Thank you for all your input. There's a lot interesting things to consider!
I found myself thinking about the mention that the BIOS would need to recognise the CPU ID. And since this is a Slot 1 board, I figured they might only consider Slot 1 CPUs. So, I decided I'd try the obvious, and fork out for an actual Slot 1 PIII 1GHz (which fortunately didn't break the bank even if it wasn't pennies heh, although I did have to replace a monstrously ugly Dell cooler on it!).
And, well...
That worked!! Thanks to those of you who mentioned about that!
So yeah, either it was the CPU ID not being recognised, or just simply a problem with the slotket adapter. And that problem is solved.
Thanks very much everyone!
But of course, there are still some other things to follow up on.
PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2022-05-02, 01:25:
What board revision do you have - the later BIOS versions (with the widest CPU support) seem to be for revisions 4.x and above?
It seems my revision is indeed 4.0! So it looks like I was lucky there!
On modded BIOSes - those would have been the next place I'd have looked if this didn't work. Might still be neat to look into though still, even if I don't use one now, heh!
And fortunately, now that it's working, it doesn't seem to be an issue with my hard drive. I didn't think it was anyway, since it distinctly worked at slower speeds even at 133MHz FSB (a 533MHz PIII), but it was always a potential thing still, yeah.
To those recommending Intel chipsets - I really wanted 133MHz FSB support and ISA slots! So a VIA chipset is really the only practical option. I might have picked an Apollo Pro 133A, and did have a board with that in this PC previously, but yeah, that was a socket 370 and I wanted the versatility of a Slot 1. And I didn't need AGP4x with a Voodoo 3. But it's working now, so that's all good heh.
Tetrium wrote on 2022-05-04, 12:13:
Would perhaps be nice if your 693A chipsetted board could be used stably with the Voodoo 1 since it does have some nice features, while your faster s370 system could field your Voodoo 3 3500, perhaps even at 1GHz (which imo is definitely more than enough for the V3).
My S370 systems are unfortunately not really options for my Voodoo 3, since one is actually a 1.4GHz Tualatin system I've put a Geforce FX 5700 in for (basic) DX9 support, and the other, the Micro-ATX system, has a case with absolutely inadequate ventilation for a Voodoo 3, haha. It has barely any ventilation and no place to mount case fans!
shamino wrote on 2022-05-04, 22:52:Normally there's a jumper somewhere that controls the PCI/etc clock dividers, but often it's purpose isn't clearly marked, so th […]
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teh_Foxx0rz wrote on 2022-04-30, 20:47:
Additionally (maybe relatedly?): This board's method of changing the FSB configuration is very different to the Socket 370 boards I have. The Socket 370 boards just need a jumper or DIP switch (or couple) switched, and it just simply runs the CPU slower accordingly. However, this board has the DIP switches, but also a jumper that needs to be on when it's 66 or 100, and needs to be off to make it anything above 124MHz, and this also doesn't simply run the CPU slower, it just simply doesn't boot if this doesn't match the CPU's listed spec.
Normally there's a jumper somewhere that controls the PCI/etc clock dividers, but often it's purpose isn't clearly marked, so that extra jumper could have something to do with that. That doesn't explain why it would be the same for both 66 and 100FSB though. Maybe it's half of a 2-bit setting and the other half is buried in the "FSB" dip switches.
Are you heavily loading the RAM, and if so have you tried cutting it back? I recall these chipsets were flaky at PC133 when loaded with "too many" modules.
I'm looking in old notes for an old motherboard I had of this generation and apparently changing the BIOS setting "Delay DRAM Read Latch" to "No Delay" could improve stability.
So, there are three jumper headers associated with RAM/PCI speed, which are the ones with the blue jumpers in this picture.
https://i.imgur.com/RdND3du.jpg
The two on the left; the top one (JP10) seems to be turbo, but I'm not sure what the bottom one (JP12) seems to be exactly, though I think it's PCI speed?
Then there's the blue jumper on the right, near the DIP switches (JP15) - this mentions PCI in its description, but it seems intrinsically linked with the DIP switch settings and FSB, to the extent where it's in the table to the lower left of the chipset heatsink; the first column of it, next to the numbers. And as you can see, it's the only thing which changes between 100MHz FSB and 133MHz FSB. Since 133Mhz is listed as officially supported and not listed as a risky FSB speed in the manual, I don't think it's anything to do with overclocking the PCI slots or such. Perhaps it does just set a multiplier. Though I'm not sure what any of the possibilities have to do with the description there of 33Mhz vs 44Mhz.
And yeah, just for the record, I'm only using two RAM modules of 256MB each, which is pretty standard and I wouldn't expect to cause any power problems.
In addition to being curious to know whatever's going on with this, I also wonder, is this kind of thing, and not being able to change the speed of the CPU just by changing the FSB configuration like you can with S370 boards I've used, normal for Slot 1 boards that support 133MHz FSB?
At least I can get around this very easily on a Slot 1 board just by buying a few more CPUs for the configurations I might want to switch them out easily, even if this isn't quite as economical and elegant as I was hoping!
